Friday Oct 31, 2008

Do you want to know how to Scale your company ? Do you ask, what happens when I cross that chasm ? Have you thought, how do I answer the VC when he asks for my business model on growth, and how Im going to tackle it ?

Startup
Essentials meetup is driven by the audience, you tell me what content
you require and discussion points, I provide the speakers, content,
beer and pizza. We have two main speakers, and then break out into a
mini bar camp style session to discuss technology and commercial
focused areas and let the audience drive that interaction.

So this month, we have the following agenda

Agenda :

18:30 - Late (Coffee, Water, Beer,Pizza all available)

Meeting Agenda

6.30 - Registration/Networking

7.00 - Paul Dowling - RD Tax Credits for Startups

The
Government R&D credit scheme is a very effective way of getting tax
relief for innovation. It is the single largest way the government has
of helping SME's with funding. However, the scheme is much understood
and greatly under-utilised. Paul's company GGTC helps clients to claim
on a no win, no fee basis.

Paul will also talk about how his other firm Dreamstake helps to incubate start-ups and other early stage companies

7.30 - Paul Robinson - CTO For Hire

'You
might have found great developers, amazing infrastructure engineers and
inspirational support personnel to help your ideas bloom, but have you
thought through what happens if systems or procedures fail? Or if you
need to scale quickly? What happens if you need to change your business
model overnight? Do you have the right processes, checks and people to
make sure your technology business "just works".

Paul Robinson
from Vagueware Ltd runs through some issues common to businesses his
firm helps every day, and gives you a checklist to run through tomorrow
morning to make sure your technology - and your business - is ready for
what comes next.'